BOCA RATON, FL (October 7, 2008) – Florida Atlantic
University continues its celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
with a series of events taking place at its Boca Raton campus.
Hispanic Heritage
Month recognizes the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the
United States, and celebrates Hispanic heritage and culture.

Lecture by Michele
Greet, Assistant Professor of Art History at George Mason
University Art on the Andean World of Oswaldo
Guayasamín

Thursday, October
16

7 p.m.

Dorothy F. Schmidt
Center Gallery

Dr. Michele Greet
will examine Oswaldo Guayasamín in the context of modern art
and other Ecuadorian artists. She presents Indigenism not as style
or theme, but rather as a constantly shifting strategy for
interacting with an increasingly international art world.

Ecuadorian Film
Screenings (exhibition open before & after
screenings)

Wednesday, October
22

7 p.m.

Dorothy F. Schmidt
Center Gallery

“Ratas,
Ratones, Rateros,” Cordero's first feature film, follows in
the Ecuadorian and Latin American social realism tradition,
“Ratas” invokes similar themes, images, and aesthetics
seen in other recent Latin American films such as “Rodrigo D.
No Futuro,” “Ciudade de Deus” and “Amores
Perros.”

Wednesday, October
29

7 p.m.

Dorothy F. Schmidt
Center Gallery

“Que Tan
Lejos,” the first feature film by Tania Hermida, who also
worked on the award-winning films “Cronicas” and
“Maria Full of Grace,” is a road movie shot in the
majestic Ecuadorian Andes.

Wednesday, November
5

7 p.m.

Dorothy F. Schmidt
Center Gallery

“Primer
Día,” directed by Galo Recalde, and “El Poeta
Suicida,” directed by Darwin Robles, will be shown. Both
Miami-based Ecuadorian film-makers will present their short films,
as well as host a post-screening discussion.

For
more information, contact Polly Burks at 561-297-2595 or
pburks@fau.edu.

-FAU-

FloridaAtlantic University
opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in
Florida. Today, the University serves more than 26,000
undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses
strategically located along 150 miles of Florida's southeastern
coastline. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching
university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges:
College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs, Dorothy F.
Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt
College of Biomedical Science, the Barry Kaye College of
Business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering
& Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the
Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and
the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science